Category: Around Town

By Grace McCarthy Just ten dollars – $8 with the student discount – opens doors to one of Whatcom Museum’s latest exhibit: Rooted, Revived and Reinvented: Basketry in America. The exhibit is in the Lightcatcher Museum, one of three buildings the Whatcom Museum occupies in Bellingham’s city center. […]

By Alyssa Bruce This last year alone, staff and volunteers served an astounding 180,000 people at the Bellingham Food Bank, according to their records. Mike Cohen, executive director of the Bellingham Food Bank, said the food bank was able to provide 3.5 million pounds of goods to the […]

By Miranda Roberts The Zero Waste movement is budding in the City of Bellingham. Local organizations are reaching out into the community to inform residents and business owners about the efficiency of reducing waste in homes or businesses and they’re getting a positive response from a town known […]

By Stella Harvey Nestled at 1421 N. Forest St. is a storefront with bright fabrics piled behind its windows. Ragfinery, a local non-profit with the goal of diverting textile waste from landfills, collects these supplies to become new creations. Ragfinery was founded in April 2014 as the second […]

By Emily Jackson The growing homelessness crisis in Whatcom County and the Pacific Northwest isn’t confined to the U.S. Closer to home, both Bellingham and Vancouver, British Columbia are home to large homeless populations – and they keep growing. According to a 2017 Whatcom County report, there are […]

By Sarah Porter A muscular black dog with big, sweet puppy eyes sits on the floor wearing a green bandana that reads, “Adopt Me.” Zora, a labrador-mastiff mix, was a rescue from Idaho who is now looking for a new home. For a fifteen-month-old, she is well mannered as […]

By Jack Taylor and Rahwa Hailemariam Despite obstacles, Western faculty and students put on a two day event honoring black history and culture through art. The event began Friday night with the unveiling of the art exhibition, followed by “The African Diaspora Fashion Walk,” the Black National Anthem and […]

Every Thursday, a Western Front reporter will bring you their fashion opinions, give fashion tips or highlight what Western students are wearing. By Zoe Buchli Name: Anna Schneider Pronouns: She/her/hers Year: Senior Major: Design Is there anything or anyone who inspires your personal style? A lot of other designers […]

By Sarah Porter Bike frames line the wall of the Lost-Bikes workshop, arranged in chronological order from the first bike they ever made, to the most recent. Each one has been battered, beaten and muddied on local trails by company owners Eric Evans and Brian Davison. Evans, a […]

By Ricky Rath Right after high school graduation, Mocki Serey was excited to attend Western as a freshman. With 20 cents in his wallet, Serey was depending on financial aid to help pay for the cost of attendance and housing. That excitement turned to stress when he received a […]

Sports

Senior co-captain Karli White had 10 goals and 28 total points in the 2017-2018 season. // Photo courtesy of WWU Athletics By Sara Bourgeau Practices start in two weeks, and Western’s women’s soccer team is preparing mentally and physically to focus on their skills and come together as […]